I know journaling might be one, and doing new things from time to time, curious if people have other tips

    • Zetta@mander.xyzEnglish
      9·
      3 months ago

      This 100%. My partner and I bought a house in October, and we’ve been doing a complete remodel on it since, spending anywhere from 30 - 40 hours a week working on the house while also working full time. This has easily been the fastest 6 months of my life and I feel like I’m going to blink and be 80 years old on my death bed.

      Routines are the enemy of slowing time!

    • Carrolade@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      3 months ago

      One of the handful of good things that got pushed by the new age movement. Mindfulness is a skill, and like others, you get better at it with practice. It has no drawbacks that I am aware of.

  • grrgyle@slrpnk.netEnglish
    8·
    3 months ago

    I started a diary. It’s a nice check in that I can do with myself whenever I feel like it. It’s a good way to take yourself out of autopilot and putting conscious attention at the goings on in your life.

    Plus you get to read it later and see how things have actually changed!

    • zip@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      I think that’s a great idea! I’ve often wanted to start journaling or a diary, but I am disabled and spend most days miserable and in pain stuck at home or in bed, just trying to distract myself from my symptoms (usually by browsing the Internet, since I don’t have many options) to get through the day, so I don’t really know what to write each day, ya know? I’m commenting in hopes that maybe it’ll help me actually start in some way, lol. Especially because my memory can be pretty spotty and iffy. Maybe I’ll just write about how I don’t know what to write, haha!

  • Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.ee
    MEnglish
    7·
    3 months ago

    Time seeming shorter is just the temporal equivalent of depth perception. You have to put as many distinct things between your present and the future, in the same way distinct objects between you and a distant object makes it look further away.

    • blindsight@beehaw.orgEnglish
      4·
      3 months ago

      This is the answer.

      Our brains are designed to ignore ordinary things. When you drive the same way to work, do the same things at work all day, come home and ready a familiar meal, then veg out in front of the TV, you’ve done nothing memorable all day.

      Then, in retrospect, the days seem to fly by because you don’t have any memory of the time passing.

      If you deliberately inject novelty into your days, then you’ll have more memory of the events, and your days will seem full.

      The other ones here related to memory (journaling both for being mindful of your days but also to reread and trigger the memory retention curve) will also help. I haven’t seen sleep mentioned, but good sleep is also key to being alert enough to encode memories, having the energy to try novel things, and rest enough to store and process memories for longer-term retention.

      Research also says a 20 minute mid-day nap can help with memory formation (not 50 minutes; a full sleep cycle will make you groggy in the afternoon.)

  • stelelor@lemmy.caEnglish
    3·
    3 months ago

    In my experience there are two very different types of slow time: boredom and adrenaline (especially from danger). Lack of stimulation vs extreme amounts of stimulation.

  • BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    3 months ago

    Classical music performances. You have to be present for every minute of it to really get it, no fucking around on your phone or whatever. Just get lost in a sea of music and time slows to that tempo.

  • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    It’s old school, but slow down, and smell the roses.

    I see others in this conversation talking about doing routine things, but I would actually argue for the exact opposite of that.

    Try doing crazy impromptu things at the spur of the moment sometimes, for no real reason. Like for example, one morning get up and decide just to go to a marine aquarium and look at the fishes (or a local museum). Things like that.

    Try to appreciate the moment you’re in, and create new moments that are memorable, and are not routine.

  • Etterra@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    Time always seems to go by slower when you’re bored and/or miserable. Do with that what you will.

  • ifGoingToCrashDont@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    Intense exercise, particularly cardio. Search for a good interval workout and push yourself to a barely-sustainable threshold pace. You’ll find yourself saying, “When is this going to end!? I can’t wait for this to be over!” Also do this in the mornings so you feel like you have the entire rest of the day to enjoy.